POLL: How do you think Bradley Smith will fare in MotoGP?

2013 will be his learning year, just like most of the other riders, Stoner, Lorenzo, Crutchlow all were crashers at the start of their Moto GP careers, although Crutchlow seems to have maintained that into his 2nd year too much!

Give the guy a chance before writing him off.

That the tech 3 mistral is a very under-developed bike and plenty of people who actually know what they are talking about (ie. other moto2 riders) have come out in his defence. Bradley has had some sensational rides and we all know what he is capable of, he will have the benefit of a great team mate who should be supporting him through what will be a very difficult first year, just look at the difference Cal has made since last year. Everyone should be getting behind him, the more UK riders in the top class the better, the more we will be taken seriously in GP. You only have to look at Toseland, wearing through his knee sliders when the Tech3 M1 was a bag of shit, getting top 10 results when there were a lot more competitive bikes on the grid than there are today.